United States Post Office–Yuma Main
United States historic place
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The Gowan Company Building, formerly known as the Yuma Main Post Office or Yuma Downtown Postal Annex, is a historic building in Yuma, Arizona. Constructed in 1933 to serve as the city's main post office, the building's design, a work of architect Roy Place, is a blend of the Beaux Arts and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. The design includes a loggia supported by Corinthian columns, wrought iron railings and window bars, a molded belt course between the building's two stories, a projecting bracketed cornice, and a red tile roof. The post office was built toward the end of the Beaux-Arts phase of federal building design, as government architects shifted to a "starved classicism" style in the ensuing years.[2]
US Post Office – Yuma Main | |
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  Location within Arizona  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 370 S. Main St., Yuma, Arizona |
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| Coordinates | 32°43′17″N 114°37′2″W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1933 |
| Built by | Bannister Field Co. |
| Architect | Place, Roy |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Spanish Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Historic US Post Offices in Arizona, 1900–1941, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003109[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 3, 1985 |
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1985 as the U.S. Post Office—Yuma Main.[1] It was purchased by the Gowan Company in 1996 for preservation and use as its headquarters.